plum duff

noun

1. a duff containing raisins.

Word History and Origins

Origin of plum duff¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Then, for desert, the steward, the hot beads touring about the mounts of his large pale face, brings along oleaginous fritters of plum duff.

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Coffee and eggs and plum duff and white bread and bully beef.

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The old One Show was like a plum duff.

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He found Serge and Jalap Coombs concocting a huge plum duff, while from the brass kettle a savory steam was already issuing.

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"If the sea gets much higher, Cookie won't have to stir the plum duff at all!"

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